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Lifecycle Manager Administration Guide

vCenter Lifecycle Manager 1.0.2

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Contents

UpdatedInformation 5

AboutThisBook 7

1UnderstandingLCM 9

TheLifecycleManagerProcess 9

LifecycleManagerTerminology 11

Role‐BasedUserInterface 11

LCMAdministrator 11

LifecycleManagerArchitecture 12

LCMCompatibilitywithvCenter 12

LifecycleManagerComponents 13

2InstallingLCM 15

InstallingandConfiguringvCenterOrchestrator 15

ControlOrchestratorAccess 15

InstallationRequirements 16

SupportedBrowsers 17

InstallLifecycleManager 17

ConfigurePlug‐ins 17

ConfigureDatabaseOptions 17

ConfigureVMwareInfrastructureOptions 18

3MigratingfromLCM1.0.1toLCM1.0.2 19

BackUpDatabaseTables 19

MigratingLCM1.0.1ConfigurationtoLCM1.0.2 19

ExporttheLCM1.0.1Configuration 19

InstallLCM1.0.2 20

ImporttheLCM1.0.1ConfigurationintoLCM1.0.2 20

4ConfiguringLCM 21

CheckConfigurationReadiness 21

InitialConfigurationofLifecycleManager 22

ConfiguretheLCMWebview 22

SetApprovalRequirements 23

ConfigureArchivingSettings 23

ChangeAuthorizationGroups 23

RolesandTasks 24

ChangetheBaseNameforVirtualMachines 24

EnableEmailNotifications 25

ConfigureEmailNotificationContent 25

ConfigureCurrencyandDateFormats 26

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CustomizingtheUserInterface 26

CreateaCustomStyleSheet 26

ModifyanRDPTemplate 27

ChangetheApplicationLogo 27

ChangeaNavigationElement 27

AddaCustomElement 28

5SettingUptheVirtualMachineEnvironment 29

ConfiguringtheInfrastructureforRequestedVirtualMachines 29

RegisterorCreateaResourcePool 30

RegisteraDatastore 30

RegisterorCreateaVirtualMachineFolder 30

ConfigureNetworkOptions 31

CreateaTemplateProfile 32

CreateaDomain 33

CreateaCustomizationTemplate 33

RelinkUnlinkedElements 33

ConfigureCriteriaforRequestedVirtualMachines 34

6UsingLCM 35

LCMAdministrator’sInterface 35

RequestaVirtualMachine 36

ModifytheDecommissioningTime 38

DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines 38

ModifyRequestOptions 39

CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine 39

PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff 39

ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine 40

OpenaVirtualMachineinaWebBrowser 40

UseRemoteDesktoptoConnecttoaVirtualMachine 40

CreateorReverttoaSnapshot 40

GenerateReports 41

RegisterVirtualMachineswithLCM 41

ActivateWebviewDebugMode 43

RelinkTokenstoVirtualMachines 43

CheckLicensingStatus 43

ExportLogsandApplicationSettings 43

TroubleshootLCM 44

Index 45

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ThisLifecycleManagerAdministrationGuideisupdatedwitheachreleaseoftheproductorwhennecessary.

ThistableprovidestheupdatehistoryoftheLifecycleManagerAdministrationGuide.

Updated Information

Revision Description

EN‐000234‐01 AddedanewtopicaboutconfiguringtheLifecycleManagercomponentsinthe

Orchestratorconfigurationinterfacein“ConfigurePlug‐ins”onpage 17.

Addedinformationaboutcustomstylesheetsin“CreateaCustomStyleSheet”

onpage 26.

Addedinformationaboutunlinkedelementsin“RelinkUnlinkedElements”on

page 33.

EN‐000234‐00 Initialrelease.

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Thisbook,theLifecycleManagerAdministrationGuide,providesinformationaboutinstallingandconfiguring

VMware®vCenter™LifecycleManager(LCM).

Intended Audience

ThisbookisintendedforadministratorswhoareinstallingandconfiguringLCM.Theinformationinthis

guideiswrittenforexperiencedsystemadministratorswhoarefamiliarwithvirtualmachinetechnology.

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Technical Support and Education Resources

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VMwarevCenterLifecycleManager(LCM)helpsyoumanagethecreationofvirtualmachines.UsingLCM,

youcanperformthefollowingtasks:

HandleandprocessvirtualmachinerequestsinaWebuserinterface.

Automaticallyplaceserversbasedontheirlocation,organization,environment,servicelevel,or

performancelevels.Whenasolutionisfoundforasetofcriteria,themachineisautomaticallydeployed.

Enforceautomaticdeploymentandconfigurationtoreduceerrorsandspeedupprovisioningprocesses.

Tracklifecycleinformationforrequestedmachines.Trackinghelpsmaintainon‐timearchivingand

deletionofend‐of‐lifeserversandavoidsserversprawl.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“TheLifecycleManagerProcess”onpage 9

“LifecycleManagerTerminology”onpage 11

“Role‐BasedUserInterface”onpage 11

“LCMAdministrator”onpage 11

“LifecycleManagerArchitecture”onpage 12

The Lifecycle Manager Process

LCMautomatestheprocessofcreatingvirtualmachinesandremovingthemfromserviceattheappropriate

time.Figure 1‐1providesanoverviewoftheprocessandthetaskscompletedbyeachrole.

Understanding LCM 1

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Figure 1-1. Stages in the Lifecycle of a Virtual Machine under LCM

ThewaythatLCMhandlesrequeststocreatevirtualmachinesdependsonhowtheLCMAdministratorhas

configuredtheapprovalprocess.Ifapprovalisrequired,anemailnotificationissenttotheLCMApprover.

If approvalisnotrequired,andthereisnoconflictwiththerequest,thevirtualmachineiscreated.Ifthereis

aconflict,anLCMITStaffuserreceivesanemailnotificationthatavirtualmachineiswaitingtobecreated.

Afteravirtualmachinehasbeencreated,itcanbeuseduntilthedecommissioningdate.Fivedaysbeforethe

decommissioningdate,anemailnoticeissenttotheuserwhorequestedthevirtualmachineifemail

notificationsareenabled.Therequestercandooneofthefollowing:

Requesttoextendthelifeofthemachine.

Iftheextensionisnotapproved,thevirtualmachineisdecommissionedandisarchivedordeleted.

The LCMAdministratordetermineswhetherdecommissionedvirtualmachinesarearchived.

Manuallydecommissionthevirtualmachine.

TheLCMAdministratorcanchoosetodeletethevirtualmachinerequest.TheLCMAdministratoristheonly

rolethatcanremoveinformationaboutavirtualmachine.Whenarequestisdeleted,noinformationaboutthe

virtualmachineappearsinreports,butthevirtualmachineisnotdestroyed.Ifavirtualmachinerequestis

accidentallydeleted,theLCMAdministratorcanrecovertheassociatedvirtualmachine.

request

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Chapter 1 Understanding LCM

Lifecycle Manager Terminology

LCMusesspecificterminologytodescribelifecycleeventsandattributes.

Role-Based User Interface

LCMhasarole‐basedinterface.Usersarepresentedonlytheoptionsthatarerelevanttoaspecificrole.

All rolescanrequestavirtualmachine.

LCMhasthefollowingroles:

LCMAdministrator–Establishesthecriteriausedformachineplacementanddetermineshowthe

criteriaconverttosizingorplacementvalues.TheLCMAdministratorconfiguresLCMandestablishes

theplacementofvirtualmachines.

LCMRequester–Canrequesttoextendthelifeofacreatedvirtualmachine.Requesterscanpower

virtualmachinesonandoff,aswellasdelegatethiscontroltootherusers.

LCMTechRequester–Inadditiontodoingeverythingthattherequesterrolecando,thetechrequester

canmodifycustomizationtemplates.

LCMApprover–Approvesvirtualmachinedeploymentandextensionrequests.Ifamachinecannotbe

placedbasedontheprovidedcriteria,auserwiththeLCMITStaffrolemustmanuallychoosethesizing

andplacementofthenewmachine.

LCMITStaff–Completesmanualplacementofapprovedvirtualmachines.

Formoreinformationonthetasksthatuserscanperform,seetheLifecycleManagerUserʹsGuide.

LCM Administrator

TheLCMAdministratorisresponsibleforthefollowingtasks:

ConfiguringLCM

Determiningtheinfrastructure,suchastheserverenvironment

Settingupemailnotifications,thelookandfeeloftheuserinterface,andstylesheets

Specifyingwhocanaccesselements,suchasresourcepoolsordatastores

Table 1-1. Terminology

Term Definition

Commission Dateandtimetocreatearequestedvirtualmachine.Thecommissiontimeissubmittedduring

therequestprocess.

Decommission Therequestedmachinereachesitsendoflife.Adecommissiondateissubmittedduringthe

requestprocess.Thedecommissionedmachinecanbearchivedordeleted.

Extension Extendingthelifeofavirtualmachinethatistobedecommissioned.Ifapprovalisrequired,the

requestforextensionmustbeapprovedbeforetheownerofthevirtualmachinecancontinueto

useit.

Infrastructure Attributessuchasthenetwork,domain,anddatastoreaffectwheretherequestedvirtual

machineisplacedinVMwareInfrastructure.

Criteria Attributesattachedtoarequestedvirtualmachinethatareselectedduringtherequestprocess,

suchaslocation,organization,serverenvironment,servicelevel,andperformance.TheLCM

Administratormapsthisinformationtotheinfrastructure.

TemplateProfile Theprofilethatisusedwhenarequestedvirtualmachineiscloned.

Customization

Template

Thetemplatethatdeterminestheresourcesthattherequestedvirtualmachineuses,suchas

memoryreservation,memorylimit,CPUshares,anddiskshares.OnlytheLCMITStaff,LCM

TechRequester,andLCMAdministratorcanmodifythecustomizationtemplate.

Placing Therequestedvirtualmachineiscreatedormovedintotheinfrastructure,basedontheselected

criteriaandinfrastructure.

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Lifecycle Manager Architecture

LCMispoweredbyVMwarevCenterOrchestrator4.0.Orchestratorisadevelopmentandprocess‐automation

platformthatprovidesalibraryofextensibleworkflowsforcreatingandrunningautomated,configurable

processestomanagetheVMwarevCenterinfrastructure.YoucanuseOrchestratortocreatecustom

workflowsthatyoucanrunfromLCM.

OrchestratorexposeseveryoperationinthevCenterServerAPI,allowinguserstointegrateallthese

operationsintotheirautomatedprocesses.Orchestratoralsoallowsintegrationwithothermanagementand

administrationsolutionsthroughitsopenplug‐inarchitecture.

FormoreinformationonOrchestrator,seehttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/orchestrator_pubs.html.

LCM Compatibility with vCenter

LCMworkswithvCenter4.0throughanautomaticcompatibilitymode.OnlyVirtualCenter2.5featuresare

availableincompatibilitymode.LCMisalsocompatiblewithVirtualCenter2.5,update3andVirtualCenter2.5,

update4.BeforeyouinstallLCM,makesurethatyouhavevCenter4.0installedorthecompatibleversionof

VirtualCenter2.5.

Figure 1-2. Architecture of LCM and Orchestrator

AfteryouinstallLCM,youmustconfigurethefollowingOrchestratorplug‐ins:

VMwareInfrastructure3.5

LCMdatabase

Networkingdatabase

Email

VMware

Infrastructure

3.5

Lifecycle

Manager

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networking

database

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VMware vCenter Orchestrator

Lifecycle

Manager

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config

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browser

browser

vCO

database

service

directory

CAUTIONBecauseLCMsupportsvCenter4.0onlyincompatibilitymode,youmustconfigurethe

VMwareInfrastructure3.5plug‐in,andaddyourvCenter4.0serverinit.LCMcanoperateonlywiththe

vCenterinstancesaddedandconfiguredintheVMwareInfrastructure3.5plug‐inintheOrchestrator

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Lifecycle Manager Components

LCMrequiresthefollowingcomponents,whichyouconfigureduringinstallation:

Servicedirectory–DefineswhichuserscanconnecttoLCMandtheirpermissionlevels.Onlyuserswho

aremembersofadirectorygroupcanlogin.

Database–StoresallinformationthatisrelatedtoLCM,suchasvirtualmachinenames,controlgroups,

viewgroups,commissionanddecommissiondates,infrastructureelementslinkedwiththevirtual

machinerequest(templateprofile,datastore,resourcepool,andsoon).Theinformationnecessarytomap

criteriaandtheinfrastructureisalsostoredinthedatabase.

VMwareInfrastructure–ResponsibleforallcommunicationwithVMwarevCenter.AWebserviceAPI

isusedtoconnecttoVMwareInfrastructure3.5orvCenter4.

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Thischapterdescribestheprerequisites,systemrequirements,andstepstoinstallvCenterLifecycleManager

onWindows.LCM1.0.1userscanalsomigratetheirexistingconfigurationtoLCM1.0.2.(See“Migratingfrom

LCM1.0.1toLCM1.0.2”onpage 19,beforeproceedingwiththeLCM1.0.2installation.)

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“InstallingandConfiguringvCenterOrchestrator”onpage 15

“ControlOrchestratorAccess”onpage 15

“InstallationRequirements”onpage 16

“SupportedBrowsers”onpage 17

“InstallLifecycleManager”onpage 17

“ConfigurePlug‐ins”onpage 17

Installing and Configuring vCenter Orchestrator

BeforeinstallingLCM,youmustinstallandconfigurevCenterOrchestrator.YouusetheOrchestrator

configurationinterfacetoconfigurethecomponentsthatarerelatedtotheengine,suchasthedatabase,

network,servercertificate,email,andsoon.ThesecomponentsmustbeconfiguredcorrectlyforLCMto

functionproperly.

ForinformationaboutinstallingOrchestratorandsettinguptheconfigurationoptions,seethevCenter

OrchestratorInstallationandConfigurationGuide.

Control Orchestrator Access

WhenusingLCM,thebestpracticeistolimitaccesstotheOrchestratorclientonlytoadministrators.Youcan

alsoconfiguretheOrchestratorservertorefuseaccesstoWebservicerequests,topreventmaliciousattempts

fromWebserviceclientstoaccessworkflowsonsensitiveservers.

To disable access to the Orchestrator client by non-administrators

1 NavigatetothefollowingfolderontheOrchestratorserversystem.

<installation_directory>\VMware\Orchestrator\app-server\server\vmo\conf

2Openthevmo.propertiesconfigurationfileinatexteditorandaddthefollowingline.

#Disable Orchestrator client connection

com.vmware.o11n.smart-client-disabled = true

Ifthevmo.propertiesconfigurationfiledoesnotcontainthisproperty,orifthepropertyissettofalse,

OrchestratorpermitsallusersaccesstotheOrchestratorclient.

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To disable access to workflows from Web service clients

1 NavigatetothefollowingfolderontheOrchestratorserversystem.

<installation_directory>\VMware\Orchestrator\app-server\server\vmo\conf

2Openthevmo.propertiesconfigurationfileinatexteditorandaddthefollowingline.

#Disable Orchestrator client connection

com.vmware.o11n.web-service-disabled = true

Ifthevmo.propertiesconfigurationfiledoesnotcontainthisproperty,orifthepropertyissettofalse,

OrchestratorpermitsaccesstoworkflowsfromWebservices.

Installation Requirements

BecauseLCMrunsasanOrchestratorplug‐in,thesystemrequirementsofthetwoproductsarethesame.For

detailedinformationaboutOrchestratorsystemrequirements,seethevCenterOrchestratorInstallationand

ConfigurationGuide.

BeforeyouinstallLCMonMicrosoftWindows,makesurethatyoursystemmeetstheinstallation

prerequisites.

Table 2-1. Installation Prerequisites

Component Description

VMwarevCenterOrchestrator4.0

VMwarevSphere™vCenter4.0incompatibilitymode(default)

TheSyspreputilityfortheguestOSmustbeavailableintheproper

directoryonthevCenterServer.

VMwareESX™SupportforESXdependsontheversionofvCenterthatyouareusing.

See thedocumentationfortherelevantversionofvCenter.

SampleActiveDirectorygroupsthat

correspondtoLCMroles

Therolesare:

LCMAdministrator

LCMITStaff

LCMApprover

LCMTechRequester

LCMRequester

StaticaccountforeachvCenterServerthat

LCMandOrchestratorcanuse

AppropriatepermissionsfortheLCM

groups

Includethefollowingpermissions:

AllowtheOrchestratorAdministratortodeployfromvCenter

templates

RDPaccessintheguestoperatingsystem

UsexrdpforLinuxvirtualmachines

LCMdatabase Chooseoneofthefollowing:

UsethesamedatabaseasOrchestrator

UseaseparatedatabaseforLCM(recommended)

NOTE BecauseofCPUandmemoryusage,VMwarerecommendsthatyou

hosttheLCMdatabaseandtheOrchestratorserverondifferentmachines

onalocalnetworkwithlowlatency.

ActiveDirectorydomain

DHCPserverandfixedrangeofIP

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Supported Browsers

YoumustuseoneofthefollowingbrowserstoconnecttoLCM:

MicrosoftInternetExplorer7

MozillaFirefox3.0.x(wherexis8orlater)

Toconnecttoavirtualmachineusingaremotedesktopapplication,youmusthaveRemoteDesktop

Protocol (RDP)clientsoftwareinstalledonyourworkstation.

Toconnecttoavirtualmachinethroughyourbrowser,youmustusetheVMwareWebCenterRemoteMKS

Plug‐in,whichiscompatiblewiththefollowingbrowsersandoperatingsystems:

MicrosoftInternetExplorer7onWindowsXPorWindowsServer2003

MozillaFirefox3onWindowsXP,WindowsServer2003,orLinux

Install Lifecycle Manager

OrchestratormustberunningtoinstallLCM.

To install LCM

1LogintotheOrchestratorconfigurationinterfaceathttp://<orchestrator_server>:8282.

2OntheGeneraltab,clickInstallApplication.

3ClickChooseandbrowsetoselectthevmo_lifecycle_1_0_2_

<build_number>

.vmoappfile.

4ClickInstall.

5OntheLicencestab,typetheLCMserialnumberandclickApplychanges.

Configure Plug-ins

YoumustconfiguretheOrchestratorplug‐insthatareinstalledwithLCM.

Configure Database Options

YoumustconfiguretheoptionsfortheLCMdatabasetableandthenetworkingdatabasetable.TheLCM

databasetablecontainsvirtual‐machine‐specificdatathatismanagedbyLCM,suchaswhenthevirtual

machinewascreated,whocreatedit,andotherspecifications.Thenetworkingdatabasetablecontainsdata

relatedtothemanagementoftheIPaddresses.

To configure database options

1LogintotheOrchestratorconfigurationinterfaceathttp://<orchestrator_server>:8282.

2OntheVMwareLifecycleManagerandNetworkingtabs,selectthedatabaseconnectiontype.

3ClickApplychanges.

Option Description

Custom (Recommended)Selectthisoptiontostoreplug‐inspecificdatainadatabase

differentfromtheOrchestratordatabase.

Dependingonthetypeofdatabaseyouareconnectingto,therequired

informationmightvary.Foralistoftheconnectionparametersthatyoumightbe

requiredtospecify,seethevCenterOrchestratorInstallationandConfigurationGuide.

SameasvCO Selectthisoptiontostoreplug‐inspecificdataintheOrchestratordatabase.

Built‐in Notsupported.

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Configure VMware Infrastructure Options

TheVMwareInfrastructure3.5plug‐inisresponsibleforallcommunicationwithVMwarevCenter.AWeb

serviceAPIisusedtoconnecttoVMwareInfrastructure3.5orvCenter4.BecauseLCMsupportsvCenter4.0

onlyincompatibilitymode,youmustconfiguretheVMwareInfrastructure3.5plug‐in,andaddyour

vCenter 4.0serverinit.LCMcanoperateonlywiththevCenterinstancesaddedandconfiguredinthe

VMwareInfrastructure3.5plug‐in.

Prerequisites

YoumustimporttheSSLcertificatesforeachVMwareInfrastructureorvCenterinstanceyoudefine.For

informationaboutimportingSSLcertificates,seethevCenterOrchestratorInstallationandConfigurationGuide.

To configure VMware Infrastructure 3.5

1LogintotheOrchestratorconfigurationinterfaceathttp://<orchestrator_server>:8282.

2OntheVMwareInfrastructure3.5tab,clickNewVirtualCenterhost.

3FromtheAvailabledrop‐downmenu,selectEnabled.

4IntheHosttextbox,entertheIPaddressortheDNSnameoftheVMwareInfrastructureorvCenterhost.

5InthePorttextbox,leavethedefaultvalue443.

6 (Optional)SelecttheSecurechannelcheckboxtoestablishasecureconnectiontoyourVMware

InfrastructureorvCenterhost.

7InthePathtextbox,usethedefaultvalue,/sdk.

ThisisthelocationoftheSDKthatyouusetoconnecttoyourVMwareInfrastructureorvCenterinstance.

8InUsernameandPasswordtextboxes,typethecredentialsforOrchestratortousetoestablishthe

connectiontoVMwareInfrastructureorvCenter.

9SpecifythemethodyouusetomanageuseraccessontheVMwareInfrastructureorvCenterhost.

10 ClickApplychanges.

TheURLtothenewlyconfiguredVMwareInfrastructureorvCenterhostisaddedtothelistofdefined

hosts.

RepeatthesestepsforeachVMwareInfrastructureorvCenterinstance.

Option Description

Shareauniquesession TypethecredentialsofauserwhoisaVMwareInfrastructureorvCenter

administrator.

Sessionperuser SelectthisoptionifyourVMwareInfrastructureorvCenterserverisinan

ActiveDirectorydomain.Makesurethattheuserhasthenecessary

permissionstoperformtherequiredoperations.

CAUTIONEachuserwhologsincreatestheirownsessiontoVMware

InfrastructureorvCenter.Thisresultsinhighertrafficandmoreinquiries.

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IfyouareusingVMwareLifecycleManager‐Standard1.0.1(LCM1.0.1),youcanmigratetoVMwarevCenter

LifecycleManager1.0.2(LCM1.0.2).

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“BackUpDatabaseTables”onpage 19

“MigratingLCM1.0.1ConfigurationtoLCM1.0.2”onpage 19

Back Up Database Tables

Beforemigrating,VMwarerecommendsthatyoubackupyourLCMdatabasetableandnetworking

database table.

TheLCMdatabasetablecontainsvirtual‐machine‐specificdatathatismanagedbyLCM,suchaswhenthe

virtualmachinewascreated,whocreatedit,andotherspecifications.

ThenetworkingdatabasetablecontainsdatarelatedtothemanagementoftheIPaddresses.

Migrating LCM 1.0.1 Configuration to LCM 1.0.2

ThemigrationisperformedbyrunningworkflowsinLCM1.0.1,whichispoweredbyOrchestrator3.2.1,and

inLCM1.0.2,whichispoweredbyOrchestrator4.0.

Export the LCM 1.0.1 Configuration

TomigratetoLCM1.0.2,youmustfirstexportyourcurrentconfiguration.YouuseOrchestrator3.2.1and

LCM 1.0.1toexporttheconfiguration.Youmustdownloadamigrationpackagefile,whichisinstalledinthe

OrchestratorconfigurationinterfaceandexecutedinLCM.

To export your configuration from LCM 1.0.1

1LogintotheOrchestrator3.2.1configurationinterfaceathttp://<orchestrator_server>:3944.

2On

theGeneraltab,clickInstallApplication.

3ClickBrowseandselectthelcm_migration-export_1_0_2_

<build_number>

.vmoappfile.

4ClickInstall.

Migrating from LCM 1.0.1 to LCM 1.0.2 3

NOTEThisprocedureisoptional,butVMwarerecommendsitfordatabasesinaproductionenvironment.

Thebackupproceduredependsonyourdatabasevendor.

NOTEYoumustcompletetheexportprocedureinOrchestrator3.2.1andLCM1.0.1beforeinstalling

Orchestrator4.0andLCM1.0.2onthesamemachine.Orchestrator4.0overwritestheinstallationof

Orchestrator3.2.1.

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5OntheServertab,clickRestartservice.

6Gotohttp://<orchestrator_server>:8080/vmo.

7LogintotheVMwareLifecycleManager‐MigrationTool‐ExportWebview.

8ClickExecuteExportDataWorkflow.

9ClickSubmittostarttheexportprocess.

10 Iftheprocessfails,clickBacktoStep1toretry.

11 Aftertheexportprocessiscompletedsuccessfully,clickDownloadExportedDatatosavethedata.zipfile.

Install LCM 1.0.2

ForinformationaboutinstallingLCM1.0.2,see“InstallingLCM”onpage 15.

Import the LCM 1.0.1 Configuration into LCM 1.0.2

AfterexportingtheLCM1.0.1configuration,youcanimportitintoLCM1.0.2.Themigrationisperformed

whenyourunLCM1.0.2forthefirsttime.

To import the LCM 1.0.1 configuration into LCM 1.0.2

1StarttheOrchestratorServer.

aLogintohttp://<orchestrator_server>:8282.

bClickStartupOptions.

cClickStartservice.

2Gotohttp://<orchestrator_server>:8280/vmo/lifecycletologintoLCMforthefirsttime.

Youneedtologinwiththecredentialsofauserwhoisamemberoftheadministratorgroupthatis

selectedinOrchestrator.

3 SelectYesforMigratefromoldLCMdataandclickNext.

4ClickBrowseandselectthedata.zipfilethatyouexportedfromLCM1.0.1.

5ClickSubmittostarttheimportprocess.

Aftertheimportprocessiscompletedsuccessfully,LCMisrestartedautomatically.

NOTEYoumustuseanewdatabasewheninstallingLCM1.0.2.

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YoumustconfigureLCMbeforeyoucanuseit.Theconfigurationinvolvessettingupthevirtualmachine

namingconvention,specifyinggroups,andselectingdateandcurrencyformats.Youcanalsoconfigure

role‐basedattributes.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“CheckConfigurationReadiness”onpage 21

“InitialConfigurationofLifecycleManager”onpage 22

“ConfiguretheLCMWebview”onpage 22

“SetApprovalRequirements”onpage 23

“ConfigureArchivingSettings”onpage 23

“ChangeAuthorizationGroups”onpage 23

“ChangetheBaseNameforVirtualMachines”onpage 24

“EnableEmailNotifications”onpage 25

“ConfigureEmailNotificationContent”onpage 25

“ConfigureCurrencyandDateFormats”onpage 26

“CustomizingtheUserInterface”onpage 26

Check Configuration Readiness

Youcancheckwhethertheconfigurationserviceisready.

To check configuration readiness

1InWindows,selectStart>Programs>AdministrativeTools>Services.

2 SelectVMwarevCenterOrchestratorConfigurationandopenthewindow.

IfthestatusisnotStarted,contactyourOrchestratorAdministrator.

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Initial Configuration of Lifecycle Manager

YoumustcompletetheinitialconfigurationofLCMwhenyourunLCMforthefirsttime.

To complete the initial configuration of LCM

1StarttheOrchestratorServer.

aLogintohttp://<orchestrator_server>:8282.

bClickStartupOptions.

cClickStartservice.

2Gotohttp://<orchestrator_server>:8280/vmo/lifecycletologintoLCMforthefirsttime.

Youneedtologinwiththecredentialsofauserwhoisamemberoftheadministratorgroupthatis

selectedinOrchestrator.

3 SelectwhetheryouwanttomigratefromLCM1.0.1andclickNext.

IfyouselectYes,see“ImporttheLCM1.0.1ConfigurationintoLCM1.0.2”onpage 20.

IfyouselectNo,continuewiththenextstep.

4Editthedefaultvirtualmachinenamingconvention.

Thedefaultislcm‐0001,lcm‐0002,andsoon.

5 ChoosewhethertoallowapproversandITstafftomanuallyoverwritethedefaultname.

6 Selectacurrencyfromthedrop‐downmenu.

7 Selectthedateformatthatyouwanttouse.

8AcceptthedefaultsettingforadvancedoptionsandclickNext.

Youcanedittheadvancedoptionslater.

9SpecifywhichgroupsbelongtothedifferentrolesandclickNextwhenyouaredone.

YoucantypethefirstfewlettersofthegroupnameandtheLDAPsearchmatchesthechoices,oryoucan

clickSearchtobrowsetheLDAPinventory.

10 Accepttheapprovals,archiving,andnotificationdefaultsandclickSubmit.

Youcanchangethesevalueslater.TheLCMWebviewisstarted.

11 LogintoLCMagainastheLCMAdministrator.

TheLCMAdministratormustbeamemberoftheLCMAdministratorsgroupthatyoujustconfigured.

Configure the LCM Webview

TheWebUIofanapplicationiscalledaWebview.Forexample,thefrontendofLCMisaWebview.Youcan

configuretheLCMWebview.

To edit the Webview configuration

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3Intheleftpane,clickEditAdvancedConfiguration.

CAUTIONDonotchangetheLDAPsettingsinOrchestratoraftersubmittingtheconfiguration.Thiscan

resultinaseriouserror,thatrequiresusingabackupforrecovery.

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4UnderDisplay,choosewhethertodisplaythedetailsofanexecutiontokenaftersubmittingaworkflow.

Youcanalsolimitthenumberofelementsdisplayedonasinglepage.

5IntheURLtextbox,typeaWebviewURL.

6ClickSubmit.

Set Approval Requirements

Virtualmachinesaredecommissionedonthedatethattherequesterselectedwhenrequestingthemachine.

LCMnotifiestheownerofthevirtualmachinefivedaysbeforethedecommissioningdatewiththeoptionto

requestanextension.Youcanspecifywhetherapprovalisrequiredwhenvirtualmachinesarerequested,

extended,ormodified.

To specify approval requirements

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClickEditApprovalModes.

4UnderCreation,Extension,andCustomizationchanges,selectwhetherapprovalisrequired.

Youcanchangethesevalueslater.

5ClickSubmit.

Configure Archiving Settings

Virtualmachinescanbearchivedinsteadofdeletedwhentheyaredecommissioned.Youcanspecifythe

archivingsettingsandwheretostorethearchive.

To configure archiving settings

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClickEditArchiving.

4UnderArchiveConfiguration,choosewhethertoarchivebydefault.

5UnderArchivefolder,inDestinationDatastores,selectadatastoreoranarrayofdatastorestostorethe

archive.

ThedatastoremustbeaccessiblefromtheESXhostrunningthevirtualmachinetobearchived.The

archiveisplacedinthefirstavailabledatastorefromthearray.Ifnodatastorehassufficientspace,the

archivefails.

6ClickSubmit.

Change Authorization Groups

Youcanmodifythetypesofchangesthateachrolecanmake.Forinformationaboutrole‐to‐taskmapping,see

“RolesandTasks”onpage 24.

NOTEIfyouenablebothapprovalsforcustomizationchanges,anLCMApproverandanLCMITStaffuser

mustapproveeachrequestforcustomizationchanges.

CAUTIONChangingauthorizationgroupscanbeariskforexistingusers.

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To edit authorization groups

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClickEditAuthorizationGroups.

4UnderManagementGroups,selectortypeappropriatevaluesforthegroups.

5UnderRequesterGroups,selectortypeappropriatevaluesforthegroups.

6ClickSubmit.

Roles and Tasks

Table 4‐1describeshowrolesaremappedtotasks.TasksmarkedwithanOcanbeperformedonlybythe

owneroftherequest.

Change the Base Name for Virtual Machines

Youcanchangethenamingconventionforavirtualmachine.Thedefaultislcm‐####.

To change the base name of your virtual machines

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClickEditBaseName.

4UnderVMNamingConvention,intheNametextbox,typethenamingconvention.

5 Choosewhethertoallowausertochangeavirtualmachinename.

IfyouselectYes,eithertheLCMApproverortheLCMITStaffcanchangethevirtualmachinenamewhen

approvingarequest.

6ClickSubmit.

Table 4-1. Roles and Permitted Tasks

LCM

Admin

LCM IT

Staff

LCM

Approver

LCM Tech

Requester

LCM

Requester

Create infrastructure elements X

Map infrastructure elements with criteria X

Configure email notifications X

Generate reports XXX

Request virtual machines XXX XX

Approve virtual machine requests XX

Set up virtual machines XX

Request extensions XOOOO

Approve extensions XX

Choose customization templates XO O

Approve customization templates XX

Approve customization change requests XXX

Decommission virtual machines XOOOO

Delete a request or a token X

Import existing virtual machines X

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Enable Email Notifications

LCMuserscanreceiveemailswhentheyarerequiredtoperformanaction.Forexample,anLCMApprover

canreceiveanemailwhenrequiredtoapproveorrejectavirtualmachinerequest.Youcanenableemail

notifications.

To enable email notifications

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

IftheMailicon()doesnotappearnexttotheConfigurationicon(),emailnotificationsaredisabled.

3Toenableemailnotifications,clickEditEmailNotificationsintheleftpane.

4UnderActivation,clickYes.

5TypetheemailaddressesfortheLCMAdministrator,LCMITStaff,andLCMApproverroles.

6ClickSubmit.

YoucanconfigureemailnotificationcontentthenexttimeyoulogintoLCMasanadministrator.

Configure Email Notification Content

IfyouhaveemailconfiguredinOrchestrator,youcanconfigurethecontentofLCMemailnotifications.Toset

upemailoptionsinOrchestrator,seethevCenterOrchestratorInstallationandConfigurationGuide.

To configure the content of an email notification

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClicktheMailicon().

Alistofactionsforwhichyoucansetupnotificationsappears.Youcanalsoactivateordeactivateall

notifications.

4Clickanotification()intheleftpane.

Thedetailsaboutthenotificationappearintherightpane.

5ClickEdit.

6Foreachnotification,specifywhethertoenableit,whotherecipientsare,whatappearsintheSubject

field,andadefaultemailbodytext.

Youcanusethefollowingvariablesintheemailbody:

#vmName‐Virtualmachinename

#decommissionDate‐Datethattherequestissettobedecommissioned

#error‐Errormessage

#requester‐Nameoftherequester

#ipAddress‐IPaddressofthevirtualmachine,iftherequestisavailableandthevirtualmachineis

poweredon

#webviewUrl‐URLoftheLCMWebview

Thesevariablesarechangedtotheircorrespondingvalueswhentheemailisgenerated.

7ClickSubmit.

Repeatthesestepsforeachemailnotificationthatyouwanttocreate.

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Configure Currency and Date Formats

Youcanconfigurethecurrencyanddateformats.Thepriceofavirtualmachineisestimatedinthecurrency

thatyouselect.

To configure currency and date formats

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClickEditFormat(Currency,Date).

4 Selectacurrencyformat.

5 Selectadateformat.

6ClickSubmit.

Customizing the User Interface

Youcancustomizecertainelementsoftheuserinterface.Forexample,youcanaddbuttonstolinktoa

particularworkflow,oryoucanaddyourcompanylogo.

Create a Custom Style Sheet

Youcancreateanewcustomstylesheet.Afteryoucreateacustomstylesheet,youcanmodifyit.Withcustom

stylesheets,youcanchangethelookandfeeloftheUI.

To create a custom style sheet

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClicktheCustomElementicon().

4ClickNew.

5FromtheLocationdrop‐downmenu,selectCustomstylesheetandclickNext.

6Uploadacustomstylesheettomodifyorcreateanewcustomstylesheet.

7ClickSubmit.

8ClickResetCachetoapplythechanges.

To modify a custom style sheet

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClicktheCustomElementicon().

4ClicktheCustomstylesheet()thatyouwanttomodifytodisplayitscontents.

Tomodifythecontentofthecustomstylesheet,clickEdit.

Touploadadifferentstylesheet,clickUpload.

Todownloadtheexistingstylesheet,clickDownload.

Toremovetheexistingstylesheet,clickRemove.

5ClickSubmit.

6ClickResetCachetoapplythechanges.

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Modify an RDP Template

YoucanmodifytheRDPtemplatethatisusedtoconnecttoavirtualmachine.ThischangestheRDPsettings

whentheLCMUIstartsanRDPsessionfromtheCatalogview.Forexample,youcanmodifythescreenand

audiosettingsforRDPsessions.

To modify an RDP template

1LoginastheLCMadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClicktheCustomElementicon().

4ClickRdptemplate().

TomodifythecontentoftheRDPtemplate,clickEdit.

TouploadadifferentRDPtemplate,clickUpload.

TodownloadtheexistingRDPtemplate,clickDownload.

ToreverttothedefaultRDPtemplate,clickReinitialize.

5ClickSubmit.

6ClickResetCachetoapplythechanges.

Change the Application Logo

YoucanreplacetheVMwarelogowithyourowntomaketheinterfacelookmorelikeyourcorporateintranet.

To change the application logo

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClicktheCustomElementicon().

4ClickApplicationlogo().

Touploadanewlogo,clickUpload.

Todownloadtheexistinglogo,clickDownload.

Toreverttothedefaultlogo,clickReinitialize.

5ClickResetCachetoapplythechanges.

Change a Navigation Element

YoucanaddalinktothenavigationbarintheLCMUI.ThislinkcanpointtoacustomURL.

To modify a navigation element

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClicktheCustomElementicon().

4ClickNavigationItems().

ClickEdittomodifythelabelofthelinkandtheURL.

ClickReinitializetoremovethelinkfromthenavigationbar.

5ClickSubmit.

6ClickResetCachetoapplythechanges.

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Add a Custom Element

Youcanaddcustomelementssuchasadditionalbuttonsthatarelinkedtoworkflows.Youcanusestandard

workflowsorusecustomworkflowscreatedintheOrchestratorClient.Forinformationaboutdeveloping

workflows,seethevCenterOrchestratorDeveloper’sGuide.

To add a new custom element

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheConfigurationview.

3ClicktheCustomElementicon().

4ClickNew.

5FromtheLocationdrop‐downmenu,selectacustomelementandclickNext.

6Typetheinformationneededtopointtothecustomelementstoadd.

7ClickSubmit.

8ClickResetCachetoapplythechanges.

To give all users permissions to run workflows stored in a custom category

1 SelectStart>Programs>vCenterOrchestrator>vCenterOrchestratorClient.

2Loginasanadministrator.

3ClicktheWebviewsview.

4Right‐clickVMwareLifecycleManagerandselectUnpublish.

5Right‐clickVMwareLifecycleManagerandselectEdit.

6OntheAttributestab,selecttheuserAllowedWorkflowPathsattribute.

7ClicktheentryintheVa lue columnandaddthecategorywheretheworkflowsarestored.

8ClickSaveandclose.

9Right‐clickVMwareLifecycleManagerandselectPublish.

NOTEMembersoftheLCMRequesterandLCMTechRequestergroupshavepermissionstorunworkflows

onlyfromtheApplications\Lifecycle manager\Userworkflowcategory.Ifyouʹreaddingacustom

elementpointingtoacustomworkflow,youcanusetheApplications\Lifecycle manager\User\Custom

workflowcategoryforstoringtheworkflows.IfyouwantmembersoftheLCMRequesterandLCMTech

Requestergroupstohavepermissionstorunworkflowsfromothercategories,youmustperformthe

followingstepstogivethempermissions.

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Beforeuserscanrequestvirtualmachines,theLCMAdministratormustconfiguretheinfrastructureand

criteria.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“ConfiguringtheInfrastructureforRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 29

“ConfigureCriteriaforRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 34

Configuring the Infrastructure for Requested Virtual Machines

Tosetuptheinfrastructureforarequestedvirtualmachine,youdefinethefollowingelements:

ResourcePool–YoucanuseanexistingresourcepoolinvCenterorcreateanewone.

Datastore–Youcanchoosewhichdatastoretouse.Thedatastoremustexist.

VirtualMachineFolder–YoucancategorizeitemsinvCenterfolders,basedondifferentorganizations.

Network–YoucanassociateanewnetworkinstancewithvCenteroryourESXhost.

TemplateProfile–Youcancreateatemplateprofileforvirtualmachines.Anexampleofatemplate

profileisavirtualmachinerunningWindowsXP.

Domain–Youcanspecifythedomainorworkgroupthattherequestedvirtualmachinecanjoin.

CustomizationTemplate–Youcancreateacustomizationtemplatethatdefinesthecomputerresources

availabletothevirtualmachine.LCMusesthetemplatetoapplythecorrectlevelsoftheresources.

Ifmultipleinfrastructureelementsaremappedtothesamecriterion,LCMdoesnotknowwhichelementto

useandnotifiestheITStaffthatanelementmustbeselectedonthePlacementview.

Automatic Placement

Whenavirtualmachinerequestisapproved,thesystemtriestoplacethevirtualmachineautomatically.

If automaticplacementispossible,thevirtualmachineiscreatedandthestateoftherequestchangesto

Available.Iftheautomaticplacementfails,thestateoftherequestchangestoWaitingforPlacement,anda

userwiththeLCMITStaffrolemustplacethevirtualmachinemanually.Duringautomaticplacement,oneof

thefollowingeventscanoccur:

Ifonepathisfound,thevirtualmachineisplaced.

Ifanexceptionoccurs,theautomaticplacementfails.Informationabouttheexceptionisdisplayed.

The LCMITStaffusercanusetheinformationtomanuallyplacethevirtualmachineandoverwritethe

initialcriteria.

Ifaconflictoccurs,forexample,ifseveralsolutionsarefound,orifthedatastoreisfull,automatic

placementfails.Informationabouttheconflictandsolutionisdisplayed.TheLCMITStaffusercanenter

thenewplacementandoverwritetheinitialcriteria.

Setting Up the Virtual Machine

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Register or Create a Resource Pool

Youcanuseanexistingresourcepoolforrequestedvirtualmachinesorcreateanewone.LCMautomatically

mapstherequesttotheresourcepool.Ifyoumapmorethanoneresourcepooltotheserverenvironment,the

LCMITStaffusercanselectwhichonetouse.

To register a resource pool

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

TheResourcePoolviewopensasadefaultview.

3ClickRegister.

4Typethenameoftheresourcepoolthatyouwanttoregister.

5 ChoosewhetheryouwanttoautomaticallyregisterallchildresourcepoolsandclickSubmit.

6 SelectthecriteriaoptionsandclickSubmit.

To create a resource pool

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClickCreate.

4Typeorselectthenameoftheparentinthenewresourcepool.

5TypethenameofthenewresourcepoolandclickNext.

6TypeorselecttheCPUallocationinformationandclickNext.

7TypeorselectthememoryallocationinformationandclickSubmit.

8 SelectthecriteriaoptionsandclickSubmit.

Register a Datastore

Youmustuseanexistingdatastorefortherequestedvirtualmachines.LCMcannotcreateadatastore.You

mustselectaresourcepoolbeforeyoucanselectadatastore.

To register a datastore

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClicktheDatastoreicon().

4ClickRegister.

5 SelectadatastorefromthevCenterorESXhostthatyouwanttoregisterandclickSubmit.

6 SelectthecriteriaoptionsandclickSubmit.

Register or Create a Virtual Machine Folder

Youcanregisteranexistingfolderorcreateanewone.

To register a virtual machine folder

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClicktheVirtualMachineFoldericon().

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4ClickRegister.

5Typeorsearchforthenameofthevirtualmachinefolderthatyouwanttoregister.

6 ChoosewhetheryouwanttoautomaticallyregisterallchildvirtualmachinefoldersandclickSubmit.

7 SelectthecriteriaoptionsandclickSubmit.

To create a virtual machine folder

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3Click

theVirtualMachineFoldericon().

4ClickCreate.

5Typeorsearchforthenameoftheparentfolder.

6TypethenameofthenewfolderandclickSubmit.

7 SelectthecriteriaoptionsandclickSubmit.

Configure Network Options

LCMautomaticallymapstherequesttothenetwork.Ifyoumapmorethanonenetworktotheserver

environment,theLCMITStaffusercanselectwhichonetouse.

To register a network

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClicktheNetworkicon().

4ClickRegister.

5TypeorsearchforanetworkandclickNext.

6TypethenetworkdomainnameandclickNext.

7OntheIPConfigurationview,underNetwork,typetheinformationandclickSubmit.

IfyouselectNoforUseDHCP,youmustcreateanIPaddressforrangesorsubnets.

8 SelectthecriteriaoptionsandclickSubmit.

To create an IP address range

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClicktheNetworkicon().

4Clickanetwork.

5ClickCreateRange.

6Typeadescription.

7TypethefirstandfinalIPaddressesinyourrange

Eachtimethevirtualmachineisprovisioned,LCMpullsanIPaddressfromthedefinedrange.Youcan

setupmultiplerangesforeachnetwork.

8ClickSubmit.

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To create subnets that are associated with a network

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClicktheNetworkicon().

4Clickanetwork.

5ClickCreateSubnet.

6Typetheinformationinthetextboxes.

7ClickSubmit.

Create a Template Profile

Youcancreateatemplateprofile.Youcanselectanoperatingsystem,andspecifytheestimatedcostfora

virtualmachine.

To create a template profile

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClicktheTemplateProfileicon().

4ClickCreate.

5TypetheinformationinthetextboxesandclickNext.

Displayname–Nameofthetemplateprofile

Description–Descriptionofthetemplateprofile

State–Stateofthetemplateprofile

Templatetoclone–SourcetemplatefromvCenterorESXhost

Ongoingmonthlycost(currency)–Monthlycostofcreatingfuturevirtualmachines

Initialsetupcost(currency)–Costassociatedwithsettingupeachvirtualmachinethatusesthistemplate

Usethecurrencyentriestochargebackthroughtemplateprofiles.

6IfyouareusingaWindowstemplate,enterinformationabouttheoperatingsystem.

FullName–Yourname.

Organizationname–Nameofyourorganization(forexample,vmware).

Localadministratorpassword–Ifthetemplatethatyouareregisteringhasalocaladministrator

passwordset,thepasswordyouenterhereisignored.Ifthetemplateyouregistereddoesnothavea

localadministratorpassword,theoneyouenterhereisapplied.

Timezone–Timezoneinwhichthevirtualmachineislocated.

Windowslicensekey–Typethekey,evenifthetemplateusesavolumelicensekey.

Serverlicensingmode–SelecteitherperServerorperSeat.

Numberoflicenses–Minimumnumberoflicensesperserveris5.

7ClickSubmit.

8 SelectthecriteriaoptionsandclickSubmit.

NOTEForalistofguestoperatingsystemsthatsupportimagecustomization,seetheVMwareInfrastructure

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Create a Domain

Youcanjoinadomainoraworkgroup.

To create a domain

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClicktheDomainicon().

4ClickCreate.

5 Choosewhethertojoinadomainoraworkgroup.

IfyouselectedYes,typethenecessaryinformation.

IfyouselectedNo,typeaworkgroupname.

6Ifyoujoinedadomain,selectanetworkoranarrayofnetworks.

ThenetworksaredefinedontheNetworkview.

7ClickSubmit.

8 SelectthecriteriaoptionsandclickSubmit.

Create a Customization Template

Acustomizationtemplatedefinesthecomputerresourcesavailabletothevirtualmachine.

To create a customization template

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClicktheCustomizationTemplateicon().

4ClickCreate.

5TypeatemplatenameandclickNext.

Thisisthenamethattherequestersees,socreateaneasilyidentifiablename.

6 SelectthememoryinformationandclickNext.

7 SelecttheCPUinformationandclickNext.

8 SelectthedisksharesandclickSubmit.

9 SelectthecriteriaoptionsandclickSubmit.

Relink Unlinked Elements

Youcanrelinkunlinkedinfrastructureelementsautomaticallyormanually.Elementsbecomeunlinkedifthey

havebeenremovedfromvCenter,oriftheirESXhosthasbeenremovedfromvCenter.

To relink unlinked elements

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheInfrastructureview.

3ClicktheUnlinkedElementsicon().

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4ClickRelinkAlltorelinkallunlinkedelementsautomatically.

5Torelinkanunlinkedelementmanually:

aClickanelementintheleftpane.

bClickRelinkintherightpane.

cUnderActiononunlinkedelementselectRelink.

d SelecttheelementandclickSubmit.

Configure Criteria for Requested Virtual Machines

Whenusersrequestvirtualmachines,theycanspecifycriteriasuchasthelocation,organization,server

environment,servicelevelandperformance.Forexample,ausercanrequestavirtualmachineandselecta

locationcalledPaloAlto,AdministrativeastheOrganization,Productionastheserverenvironment,selecta

comprehensiveservicelevel,andhighperformance.AsanLCMAdministrator,youcanmodifythesecriteria,

forexample,iftheneedsofthecompanychangeorresourceschange.

Youcanrenameordeleteexistingelementsorreconfiguremappingoptions.Ifyoureconfiguretheseoptions,

youaremodifyingtheelementsthatcomprisethecriteriaforavirtualmachine.Tocreateacriterion,atleast

onecriterionofatypemustcurrentlyexist.Youcaneditthemappingoptionforanyelement.

To rename criteria elements

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCriteriaview.

3ClickanelementandclickEdit.

4Modifythenameanddescription.

5ClickSubmit.

To reconfigure mapping objects

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCriteriaview.

3ClickanelementandclickEditObjectsforMapping.

4Modifythemappingobjects.

5ClickSubmit.

To delete an element

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCriteriaview.

3ClickanelementandclickDelete.

4ClickSubmit.

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AfteryouhaveconfiguredLifecycleManager,youcanperformday‐to‐dayadministrationtasks,suchas

approvingvirtualmachinerequests,importingvirtualmachines,decommissioningvirtualmachines,andso

on.Sometasks,suchasrequestingavirtualmachine,canbeperformedbyallLCMuserroles.Mosttasks,

however,canonlybeperformedbytheLCMAdministrator.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“LCMAdministrator’sInterface”onpage 35

“RequestaVirtualMachine”onpage 36

“DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 38

“ModifyRequestOptions”onpage 39

“CheckthePowerStateofaVirtualMachine”onpage 39

“PoweraVirtualMachineOnandOff”onpage 39

“ConnectingtoaVirtualMachine”onpage 40

“CreateorReverttoaSnapshot”onpage 40

“GenerateReports”onpage 41

“RegisterVirtualMachineswithLCM”onpage 41

“ActivateWebviewDebugMode”onpage 43

“RelinkTokenstoVirtualMachines”onpage 43

“CheckLicensingStatus”onpage 43

“ExportLogsandApplicationSettings”onpage 43

“TroubleshootLCM”onpage 44

LCM Administrator’s Interface

Whenyouloginastheadministrator,theLCMinterfacecontainsthefollowingviews:

Catalog

ThisviewdisplaysalistofthevirtualmachinesmanagedbyLCM.Virtualmachinescanbefilteredbya

numberofcriteria.Formoreinformationsee“DisplayRequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 38.

Requests

Virtualmachinerequestsaremadeinthisview.Italsocontainsalistofpendingrequests,whichcanbefiltered

bytheirstate.Formoreinformationsee“RequestaVirtualMachine”onpage 36.

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Approvals

Thisviewdisplaysvirtualmachinerequestswaitingforapproval.Requestscanbefilteredbytheirstate.Tasks

inthisviewaretypicallyperformedbytheLCMApproverrole.Formoreinformationaboutusingthisview,

seetheLifecycleManagerUserʹsGuide.

Placement

Thisviewdisplaysvirtualmachinerequestswaitingforplacement.Requestscanbefilteredbytheirstate.

TasksinthisviewaretypicallyperformedbytheLCMITStaffrole.Formoreinformationaboutusingthis

view,seetheLifecycleManagerUserʹsGuide.

Reports

Reportsaregeneratedinthisview.Formoreinformationsee“GenerateReports”onpage 41.

Infrastructure

Theinfrastructureisdeterminedinthisview.Formoreinformationsee“ConfiguringtheInfrastructurefor

RequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 29.

Criteria

Virtualmachinecriteriaoptionsaremodifiedinthisview.Formoreinformationsee“ConfigureCriteriafor

RequestedVirtualMachines”onpage 34.

Configuration

Configurationoptionsaremodifiedinthisview.Formoreinformationsee“ConfiguringLCM”onpage 21.

Administration

Administrationtasksarecompletedinthisview.Formoreinformationsee“RegisterVirtualMachineswith

LCM”onpage 41,“ActivateWebviewDebugMode”onpage 43,“RelinkTokenstoVirtualMachines”on

page 43,“CheckLicensingStatus”onpage 43and“ExportLogsandApplicationSettings”onpage 43.

Request a Virtual Machine

Tocommissionavirtualmachine,youmustsubmitarequest.Youcanrequestaspecificstartdateoraccept

thefirstavailabledate.

To request a virtual machine

1LogintoLCMandclicktheRequestsview.

2ClickRequest.

3 (Optional)Tospecifyacommissioningdate,selectYesforSetcommissioningdate?andselectadate.

Ifyoudonotspecifyacommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineiscreatedatthefirstavailableopportunity

afterapproval.

4 (Optional)Tospecifyadecommissioningdate,selectYesforSetdecommissioningdate?andselectadate.

Selectadatefordecommissioningthevirtualmachine.Bydefault,virtualmachinesaredecommissioned

atmidnight.Forchangingthedecommissioningtimesee“ModifytheDecommissioningTime”on

page 38.

Ifyoudonotspecifyadecommissioningdate,thevirtualmachineremainsinserviceuntilitis

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5 (Optional)Specifywhocancontrolthevirtualmachinerequest.

Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyouhavecontrol.

aFromtheVirtualmachinecontrolbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.

bTypethenameoftheuserorgroup,orsearchforalistofavailablegrouporusernamesand

descriptions.

cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.

6 (Optional)Specifywhocanconnecttoandviewthevirtualmachinewhenitisrunning.

Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,onlyyoucanviewthevirtualmachine.

aFromtheVirtualmachineviewbydrop‐downmenu,selectGrouporUser.

bTypethenameoftheuserorgroup,orsearchforalistofavailablegrouporusernamesand

descriptions.

cTypetheemailaddressfortheuserorgroupifemailnotificationsareenabled.

7ClickNext.

8 SelectsettingsfortheLocation,Organization,ServerEnvironment,ServiceLevel,andPerformance

options.

9TypetherequesteremailandclickNext.

10 SelecttheServertype.

11 (Optional)Tostartthevirtualmachineassoonasitisprovisioned,selectYesforStartvirtualmachine.

12 SelecttheCustomizationTemplate.

13 (Optional)Tomodifythecustomizationtemplate,selectYesforWouldyouliketocustomizethe

attributesofthistemplate?andchangetheattributevaluesasneeded.Fortheattributevalues,see

Table 6‐1,“CustomizationTemplateAttributes”.

14 ClickNext.

15 Typecommentsaboutthevirtualmachine,whichareviewedintheapprovalprocess.

16 ClickSubmit.

Thevirtualmachineisdeletedonthedecommissioningdate.Youcannotgetitback,unlessLCMisconfigured

toarchivethevirtualmachines.

Foradditionalinformationonvirtualmachineresourceallocation,seetheVMwareInfrastructure3

Resource ManagementGuide.

Table 6-1. Customization Template Attributes

Attribute Values

Memoryreservation(MB) minimumis0(defaultis256)

Memorylimit/size(MB) rangeis‐1to1024;mustbeamultipleof4(defaultis1024)

Selecting‐1maintainsthesamememoryasthevCentertemplate.

Memoryshare low,normal,orhigh(defaultisnormal)

CPUreservation(MHz) minimumis0(defaultis200)

CPUlimit(MHz) minimumis‐1(defaultis2000)

Selecting‐1maintainsthesameCPUnumberasthevCentertemplate.

CPUcount 1,2,or4(defaultis1)

CPUshares low,normal,orhigh(defaultisnormal)

Diskshares low,normal,orhigh(defaultisnormal)

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Modify the Decommissioning Time

YoucanchangethedecommissioningtimeintheOrchestratorClient.

To change the decommissioning time

1 SelectStart>Programs>vCenterOrchestrator>vCenterOrchestratorClient.

2LoginastheAdministrator.

3ClickthePoliciesview.

4Right‐clicktheLifecycleSchedulerpolicyandselectStoppolicy.

5Right‐clicktheLifecycleSchedulerpolicyandselectEdit.

6ClicktheScriptingtabintherightpane.

7 SelectMidnight‐DeleteVMs.

8OntheGeneralviewunderneath,typethenewdecommissioningtime.

9ClickSaveandclose.

10 Right‐clicktheLifecycleSchedulerpolicyandselectStartpolicy.

Thenewdecommissioningtimeisnowapplied.

Display Requested Virtual Machines

Youcandisplaytherequestedvirtualmachinesaccordingtotheirstatus,suchasavailableorrejected.

To display requested machines

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCatalogview.

3 Selectafilterfromthedrop‐downmenu.

Filter Description

All Displaysalltherequestedvirtualmachinescreatedbyusers.

Creating Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatarebeingcreated.

AvailableVM Displaystheavailablevirtualmachinescreatedbyusers.

Rejected Displaysalltherejectedvirtualmachinesthatwerecreatedbyusers.

Decommissioned Displaysallthedecommissionedvirtualmachinesthatwerecreatedbyusers.

Canceled Displaysallthecanceledvirtualmachinesthatwerecreatedbyusers.

Errors Displaysallthevirtualmachinesthatwerecreatedbyuserswitherrors.

WaitingForApproval Displaysalltherequestedvirtualmachinescreatedbyusersthatarewaitingforapproval.

WaitingForPlacement Displaysalltherequestedvirtualmachinescreatedbyusersthatarewaitingtobe

correctlyplaced.

EndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthataredecommissioned,archived,rejected,or

canceledbyusers.

AllExceptEndOfLife Displaystherequestedvirtualmachinesthatarenotdecommissioned,archived,rejected,

orcanceledbyusers.

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Modify Request Options

Youcanchangetheattributesofavirtualmachinerequest.

To modify the request options

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCatalogview.

3 Selectarequestedvirtualmachineintheleftpane.

4 Selectanoptionfromtherightpane.

Decommission–Decommissionthevirtualmachine.

Extension–Requestanextensionforthevirtualmachine.

ChangeRequest–Modifyrequestresources.

Edit–Modifyprovisioninganddecommissioningdates.

ChangeState–Movevirtualmachinerequestsacrossdifferentprocessesinthelifecycle.Usedby

VMwaresupporttohelpwithtroubleshooting.

ChangeRights–Changewhichgroupsoruserscanaccess,control,orviewvirtualmachines.

DeleteRequest–Deletetherequestandallassociatedreportsandotherelements.Thisdoesnot

destroythevirtualmachine.Todestroythevirtualmachine,selectavirtualmachinethatisinan

availablestate,andclicktheDecommissionbutton.

Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine

Youcancheckwhetheravirtualmachineispoweredonorofforsuspended.

To check the power state of a virtual machine

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCatalogview.

Theicontotheleftofthevirtualmachineindicatesitspowerstate.

Agreentriangleindicatesthatthevirtualmachineispoweredon.

Aredsquareindicatesthatthevirtualmachineispoweredoff.

Twoparallelyellowbarsindicatethatthevirtualmachineissuspended.

Power a Virtual Machine On and Off

Youcanpoweronandoff,orsuspendanyvirtualmachine.

To power a virtual machine on or off

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClickCatalogtoviewalistofthevirtualmachines.

3Clickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

4Intherightpane,clickCommands.

5ClickPoweronorShutdown.

CAUTIONChangingastatecanmovetherequesttoanundesirablestate.

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To suspend a virtual machine

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClickCatalogtoviewalistofthevirtualmachines.

3Clickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

4Intherightpane,clickCommands.

5ClickSuspend.

Connecting to a Virtual Machine

YoucanconnecttoavirtualmachinefromyourWebbrowserorusinganRDPclientapplication.

Open a Virtual Machine in a Web Browser

FromyourWebbrowser,youcanconnecttoavirtualmachinerunninganyguestoperatingsystem.Toconnect

viayourbrowser,youmusthavetheVMwareWebCenterRemoteMKSPlug‐ininstalledinyourbrowser.

To open a virtual machine in a Web browser

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCatalogviewandclickthevirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3Intherightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickOpenconsole.

Thevirtualmachine’sdesktopappearsinanewbrowserwindow.

Use Remote Desktop to Connect to a Virtual Machine

YoucanopenaWindowsvirtualmachineusinganRDPclientapplication.Theclientsoftwaremustbe

installedonyourcomputer.

To open a virtual machine in a remote desktop

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCatalogviewandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3Intherightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickConnect.

YourRDPapplicationopensandthevirtualmachine’sdesktopappearsintheRDPclient.

Create or Revert to a Snapshot

Asnapshotcapturesthestatesofavirtualmachine’sharddrives.Youcanusethesnapshottoreturntothe

savedstate.Asnapshotdoesnotcapturethevirtualmachineʹsmemoryandpowerstate.

To create a snapshot of a virtual machine

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCatalogviewandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3Intherightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickSnapshot.

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To revert to a snapshot

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheCatalogviewandclickavirtualmachinenameinthecataloglist.

3Intherightpane,clickCommands.

4ClickReverttosnapshot.

Thevirtualmachinereturnstothestateitwasinwhenthesnapshotwastaken.

Generate Reports

YoucangeneratereportsforvariousLCMevents.Forexample,reportscandisplayapprovedandrejected

requests,decommissionedvirtualmachines,errorevents,andsoon.

To generate a report

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheReportsview.

3 Selectthetypeofreport.

4 (Optional)Definethereportperiod.

5ClickSubmit.

Thereportappearsintherightpane.Youcansavethereportasan.xmlfile.

Register Virtual Machines with LCM

YoucanregisterexistingvirtualmachineswithLCMsothattheycanbemoreefficientlymanaged.Youcan

registeravirtualmachinemanuallyorimportmultiplemachinesfromaresourcepooloravirtualmachine

folder.

To register a virtual machine manually

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheAdministrationview.

3ClickImportVirtualMachine.

4Type

orsearchforthenameofthevirtualmachinethatyouwanttoimport.

5TypeacommentandclickNext.

6Specifywhetheryouwanttosetadecommissioningdate.

7 (Optional)Specifywhocancontrolorviewthevirtualmachine.Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,only

youhavecontrol.

8ClickNext.

9Specifywhetheryouwanttolinkwithcriteria.

IfyouselectYes,selectentriesforLocation,Organization,ServerEnvironment,ServiceLevel,and

Performance.

10 TypethecontactemailandclickNext.

11 Specifywhetheryouwanttousethevirtualmachinenameastherequestname.

12 (Optional)Specifymonthlyandsetupcosts.

13 ClickSubmit.

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To import virtual machines from a resource pool

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheAdministrationview.

3ClickImportVirtualMachinefromResourcePool.

4 Selectoneormoreresourcepoolsofthevirtualmachinesthatyouwanttoimport.

5TypeacommentandclickNext.

6Specifywhetheryouwanttosetadecommissioningdate.

7 (Optional)Specifywhocancontrolorviewthevirtualmachine.Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,only

youhavecontrol.

8ClickNext.

9Specifywhetheryouwanttolinkwithcriteria.

IfyouselectYes,selectentriesforLocation,Organization,ServerEnvironment,ServiceLevel,and

Performance.Also,specifywhetheryouwanttolinkthesamecriteriaforallvirtualmachinesordifferent

criteriaforeachmachine.Ifyouselectthesamecriteriaforallmachines,youmustenterthecriteria.

Otherwise,theworkflowpromptsyoutoenterthecriteria.

10 TypethecontactemailandclickNext.

11 Specifywhetheryouwanttousethevirtualmachinenameastherequestname.

12 (Optional)Specifymonthlyandsetupcosts.

13 ClickSubmit.

To import virtual machines from a virtual machine folder

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheAdministrationview.

3ClickImportVirtualMachinesfromVMfolder.

4 Selectoneormorevirtualmachinefoldersthatyouwanttoimport.

5TypeacommentandclickNext.

6Specifywhetheryouwanttosetadecommissioningdate.

7 (Optional)Specifywhocancontrolorviewthevirtualmachine.Ifyoudonotspecifyauserorgroup,only

youhavecontrol.

8ClickNext.

9Specifyifyouwanttolinkthisvirtualmachinetocriteria.

IfyouselectYes,specifywhetheryouwanttolinkthesamecriteriaforallvirtualmachinesordifferent

criteriaforeachmachine.Ifyouselectthesamecriteriaforallmachines,youmustenterthecriteria.

Otherwise,theworkflowpromptsyoutoenterthecriteria.

10 TypethecontactemailandclickNext.

11 Specifywhetheryouwanttousethevirtualmachinenameastherequestname.

12 (Optional)Specifymonthlyandsetupcosts.

13 ClickSubmit.

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Activate Webview Debug Mode

YoucanswitchtheWebviewdebugmodeonandoff.

To activate webview debug mode

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheAdministrationview.

3ClickActivatewebviewdebugmode.

4 SelectYes.

5ClickSubmit.

Relink Tokens to Virtual Machines

Ifaprovisioningrequestwasavailablewithavirtualmachinebutthevirtualmachinewasunregisteredin

vCenter,thetokenlosesitslinktothevirtualmachine.Theworkflowcanonlyconnecttothevirtualmachine

afteritisregisteredagain.Youcantrytorelinkthetokens.

To relink a request that lost the link with its virtual machine

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheAdministrationview.

3ClickRelinkRequestsThatLosttheLinkWithitsVirtualMachine.

4 Selectwhetheryouwanttoproceed.

5ClickSubmit.

Check Licensing Status

YoucanreviewthelicensingstatusofLCM.

To check the licensing status

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheAdministrationview.

3ClickLicensingstatus.

4 Selectwhetheryouwanttoproceed.

5ClickSubmit.

Export Logs and Application Settings

Youcanexportlogsandapplicationsettingsforanalysispurposes.

To export logs and application settings

1LogintoLCMasanadministrator.

2ClicktheAdministrationview.

3ClicktheExporticon().

4ClickExportLogsandApplicationSettings.

Alogfilethatyoucandownloadisautomaticallygenerated.

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Troubleshoot LCM

Ifyouencounterproblems,youcantrytheseprocedurestotroubleshootthesituation.

To restart the Orchestrator server

1 SelectStart>Programs>AdministrativeTools>Services.

2 SelectVMwarevCenterOrchestratorServer.

3Right‐clickandselectRestart.

To restart the Web configuration server

1 SelectStart>Programs>AdministrativeTools>Services.

2 SelectVMwarevCenterOrchestratorConfiguration.

3Right‐clickandselectRestart.

To view log files

Navigateto<Orchestrator install directory>\app-server\server\vmo\log.

To force plug-in reinstallation

Forinformationaboutreinstallingplug‐ins,seethevCenterOrchestratorAdministrationGuide.

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Index

A

administrator tasks 11

approval modes 23

architecture 12

archive settings 23

authorization groups 23

B

base name 24

C

checking power state 39

commands

Connect 40

Open console 40

Power on 39

Revert to snapshot 41

Snapshot 40

Suspend 40

configuring Webviews 22

connecting to virtual machines 40

CPU usage 37

creating reports 41

creating snapshots 40

criteria 34

customization templates, modifying 37

D

database usage 13

date and currency format 26

disk shares 37

E

email notification type 25

exporting logs and application settings 43

G

generating reports 41

I

importing a virtual machine 41

initial configuration 22

installing LCM 17

Windows prerequisites 16

L

LCM Administrator 11

LCM Approver 11

LCM IT Staff 11

LCM Requester 11

LCM Tech Requester 11

lifecycle process overview 10

M

mapping roles and tasks 24

memory usage 37

migrating from LCM 1.0.1 19

modifying customization templates 37

O

Orchestrator 12

custom categories 28

installing and configuring 15

P

power state, checking 39

powering on virtual machines 39

R

RDP client

opening virtual machines 40

system requirements 17

reports, generating 41

requesting virtual machines 36–37

resource allocation 37

reverting to snapshots 41

roles 11

S

Service Directory 13

snapshots

creating 40

reverting 41

suspending virtual machines 40

T

templates, modifying 37

V

vCenter compatibility 12

virtual machines

checking power state 39

connecting 40

opening in RDP client 40

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opening in Web browser 40

powering on 39

requesting 36–37

resource allocation 37

snapshot 40

suspending 40

VMware WebCenter Remote MKS Plug-in 17, 40

W

Web browsers

opening virtual machines 40

supported 17

Webview debugging 43